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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 2045

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BrazilJapan

1%0.75%0.5%0.25%0%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%0102030405060708090100MaleFemale

Each bar is the share of the total population at that single year of age (men left, women right), so countries of different sizes can be compared.

Brazil and Japan compared

In 2045, Brazil has a population of 219.1 million and Japan 108.6 million; Brazil is about 2.0 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 19.7% in Brazil and 36.6% in Japan, 16.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 43.3 years in Brazil and 53.9 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.57 in Brazil and 1.33 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.5 years in Brazil and 87.8 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Brazil is projected to shrink by 0.7% and that of Japan to shrink by 3.3% compared with 2045.

GDP per person is $11K in Brazil (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2045)

BrazilJapan
Population219.1 million108.6 million
Aged 0–1415.2%10.9%
Aged 15–6465.0%52.5%
Aged 65+19.7%36.6%
Median age43.3 yrs53.9 yrs
Old-age dependency30.369.6
Total fertility rate1.571.33
Life expectancy79.5 yrs87.8 yrs
Population growth-0.08%-0.65%
Net migration (per year)-32,815+113,424
GDP$2.28T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$11K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment6% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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